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There are 0 low income housing apartment complexes which contain 0 affordable apartments for rent in Layton, Florida. Many of these rental apartments are income based housing with about 0 apartments that set rent based on your income. Often referred to as "HUD apartments", there are 0 Project-Based Section 8 subsidized apartments in Layton. There are 0 other low income apartments that don't have rental assistance but are still considered to be affordable housing for low income families.

Population and Household Demographics

Layton is a City in Monroe County, Florida with a population of 122. There are 66 households in the city with an average household size of 1.85 persons. 16.67% of households in Layton are renters.

Income and Rent Overburden in Layton

The median gross income for households in Layton is $66,250 a year, or $5,521 a month. The median rent for the city is $0 a month.

Households who pay more than thirty percent of their gross income are considered to be Rent Overburdened. In Layton, a household making less than $0 a month would be considered overburdened when renting an apartment at or above the median rent.0% of households who rent are overburdened in Layton.1

Area Median Income In Layton

Affordable housing program eligibility is always determined by one's income. Each household's income is compared to the incomes of all other households in the area. This is accomplished through a statistic established by the government called the Area Median Income, most often referred to as AMI. The AMI is calculated and published each year by HUD.

HUD often uses an area larger than a city to determine the AMI because HUD anticipates those searching for housing will look beyond individual cities during their housing search. For Layton, the AMI is calculated from all households within Monroe County.

In Layton, HUD calculates the Area Median Income for a family of four as $84,400

Most affordable housing programs determine eligibility based on the percent of AMI a given household's income is. Among the programs that determine eligibility based on the AMI are Section 8, HOME, LIHTC, Section 515, 202 and 811.

Rental Assistance in Layton

Rental assistance is a type of housing subsidy that pays for a portion of a renter’s monthly housing costs, including rent and tenant paid utilities. This housing assistance can come in the form of Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, project-based Section 8 contracts, public housing, USDA Rental Assistance (in Section 515 properties) as well as HUD Section 202 and 811 properties for elderly and disabled households.

Income Qualifications for Layton HUD Rental Assistance in Layton

AMI Band

1 Person

2 Person

3 Person

4 Person

5 Person

6 Person

7 Person

8 Person

30%

$18,550

$21,200

$23,850

$26,450

$29,420

$33,740

$38,060

$42,380

50%

$30,900

$35,300

$39,700

$44,100

$47,650

$51,200

$54,700

$58,250

80%

$49,400

$56,450

$63,500

$70,550

$76,200

$81,850

$87,500

$93,150

You can identify apartment communities that participate in a program that provides rental assistance by looking for the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the ElderlySection 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with DisabilitiesRental Assistance PaymentsProject-Based Section 8Rural Development Rental AssistancePublic Housing tags in the apartment list above. View Apartments.

You can identify apartment communities that participate in the program in Layton by looking for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit tag in the apartment list above. View Apartments.

If your income is less than 60% of the Area Median Income (AMI), you should not expect to pay more than the rent value for a unit in the table below. However, Affordable apartment communities that receive funding through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program may have rental units that are not subject to income and rent limits.

Rent limits for the LIHTC Program are determined so that a household making the maximum income for the expected household size of the unit would only pay 30% of their income for rent.

Income Qualifications for Low Income Housing Tax Credit Apartments in Layton

AMI Band

1 Person

2 Person

3 Person

4 Person

5 Person

6 Person

7 Person

8 Person

50%

$30,900

$35,300

$39,700

$44,100

$47,650

$51,200

$54,700

$58,250

HERA 50%

$32,200

$36,800

$41,400

$45,950

$49,650

$53,350

$57,000

$60,700

60%

$37,080

$42,360

$47,640

$52,920

$57,180

$61,440

$65,640

$69,900

HERA 60%

$38,640

$44,160

$49,680

$55,140

$59,580

$64,020

$68,400

$72,840

For example, the expected household size for a two bedroom apartment is 3 people. Using the table above, the maximum income for a 3 person household at 60% of the AMI in Layton is $47,640 a year, or $3,970 a month. To determine the maximum rent in the table below we multiply the monthly maximum income, $3,970 by 30% to get a maximum rent of $1,191 a month.

Rent for units in the LIHTC Program include a utility allowance which is determined by the average monthly cost of utilities paid directly by residents. This allowance has not been subtracted from the rents in the table below. These utility allowances are set on a property by property basis.

% of AMI

Studio

1 Bed

2 Bed

3 Bed

4 Bed

5 Bed

50%

$773

$828

$993

$1,147

$1,280

$1,412

60%

$927

$993

$1,191

$1,376

$1,536

$1,694

Fair Market Rents in Layton

Fair Market Rents, often abbreviated as FMR, can be used to better understand the average housing costs of an area. Notably, Fair Market Rents are used to establish the payment standards for the Housing Choice Voucher Program, maximum rents in HOME financed rental projects and initial rents for Section 8 project based assistance.

2018 Fair Market Rents

Studio

One BR

Two BR

Three BR

Four BR

$960

$1,139

$1,514

$1,914

$2,514

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